King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 119:71
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”
Verse in context — Psalms 119
69
The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
70
Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72
The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
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